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People demonstrate in Paris July 10, 2019, in support of Vincent Lambert, who suffered serious brain damage and had been in a deep vegetative state for more than a decade. "Every life is valuable, always," Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July 11, nine days after doctors stopped providing him with nutrition and hydration.

Pope Francis mourns death of Vincent Lambert after doctors withhold care

VATICAN CITY -- "Every life is valuable, always," Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July 11, nine days after doctors stopped providing him with nutrition and hydration.

Workers open the tomb of Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who died in 1840, during a forensic investigation in the Teutonic Cemetery at the Vatican July 11, 2019. Two tombs were opened based on a tip that the remains of Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared in 1983, could be buried there.

Vatican discovers empty tombs as it searches for missing woman

VATICAN CITY -- Opening the Vatican tombs of a princess and a duchess July 11 in a search for the remains of a young Italian woman missing for more than 30 years, the Vatican found no human remains at all.

French President Emmanuel Macron greets Italian Archbishop Luigi Ventura as he presents his New Year wishes to members of the diplomatic corps at the Elysee Palace in Paris Jan. 4, 2018. The Vatican said it has lifted diplomatic immunity of the papal nuncio, who has been under investigation in France for allegedly sexually assaulting a city official.

Vatican lifts immunity of papal diplomat accused of sexual assault

VATICAN CITY -- The Holy See has waived the diplomatic immunity of a Vatican diplomat who has been under investigation by authorities in Paris for allegedly sexually assaulting a city official.

Pope Francis greets a woman religious in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 16, 2018.

Pope Francis names women as full members of congregation for religious

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis named six superiors of women's religious orders, a consecrated laywoman and the superior of the De La Salle Christian Brothers to be full members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Pope Francis sits between Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, July 5, 2019, the opening of a two-day meeting in the Apostolic Palace. The meeting, which included members of the Ukrainian Catholic Church's permanent synod, its metropolitan archbishops and top officials of the Roman Curia, focused on the ministry of the church, particularly given the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine.

Wartime demands extra care in ministry, Pope Francis tells Ukrainian bishops

VATICAN CITY -- Being a pastor in a country at war means being with people, leading them closer to Jesus and celebrating the liturgy in a way them helps them experience a bit of heaven on earth, Pope Francis told bishops from Ukraine.

Pope Francis greets a woman and child during a July 8, 2019, Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican commemorating the sixth anniversary of his visit to the southern Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

Pope Francis: Migrants are people, not just a social issue

VATICAN CITY -- Christians are called to follow the spirit of the beatitudes by comforting the poor and the oppressed, especially migrants and refugees who are rejected, exploited and left to die, Pope Francis said.

With "overwhelming joy," Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced July 6, 2019, that Pope Francis had approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Archbishop Sheen is pictured in an undated photo.

Miracle confirmed in Fulton Sheen cause for beatification

PEORIA, Ill. -- With "overwhelming joy," Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced July 6 that Pope Francis had approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan greets Elder Quentin L. Cook, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, after Elder Cook introduced him at an event in Orem, Utah, June 30, 2019. Cardinal Dolan told a crowd of more than 3,000 gathered that the nation's Bill of Rights guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Cardinal Dolan: Religious freedom is basis of all other freedoms in U.S.

OREM, Utah -- The nation's Bill of Rights guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan told a crowd of more than 3,000 gathered in Orem for a patriotic event held each year around the Fourth of July.

God's Word on Sunday: Loving God and neighbour are inseparable principles

God's Word on Sunday: Loving God and neighbour are inseparable principles

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 14 (Year C) Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37

Where is God? How do we know God’s ways or the correct path in different situations? 

Pope Francis is pictured with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a private audience at the Vatican July 4, 2019.

Pope Francis meets with Putin; discuss Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican July 4, and the two discussed the ongoing wars in Eastern Ukraine and in Syria, the Vatican said. Russia plays a major role in both conflicts.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks on the first day of the spring general assembly of the USCCB in Baltimore June 11, 2019.

Love and family is Christian vision for a happy life, says archbishop

WASHINGTON -- "A society where children are no longer being born is a society where people no longer understand what makes life worth living," Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles said at the annual summer liturgy conference hosted by the University of Notre Dame's McGrath Institute for Church Life.

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